@see http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/716acaa66ceba244
Seems to me that adding a FOLLOW_REDIRECTS option to makeRequest's params would make sense, assuming all security concerns are resolved. --j On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Randy Hudson <huds...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > It would be great if developing/migrating a Web UI for use as a Gadget > imposed the smallest possible "penalty". For the most part, makeRequest > is the alternative to what would have been done via XmlHttpRequest in the > original, "standalone" version of the same web app. To me, this suggests > that gadgets.io.makeRequest should emulate the behavior of XmlHttpRequest > as much as possible, including following redirects (to locations at the > same host). > > Developers migrating existing apps to run as a gadget may choose to > wrapper XmlHttpRequest (or existing equivalent, e.g. dojo.xhr) instead of > changing all of their code that makes such calls. This approach also > makes it possible to reuse code in both remote (i.e. in a gadget > container) and local contexts. > > If makeRequest doesn't follow redirects, even developers starting from > scratch would be encouraged to wrapper makeRequest with their own utility. > I wouldn't want to write javascript to follow redirects while detecting > redirect cycles every time I do XHR. > > -Randy Hudson > > > > From: > John Hjelmstad <johnfa...@gmail.com> > To: > johnfa...@gmail.com, shindig.remai...@gmail.com, bea...@google.com, > jon.weyga...@gmail.com > Date: > 11/11/2009 04:33 PM > Subject: > Re: 3xx shouldn't be classified as errors in gadgets.io.makeRequest > > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:54 PM, <jon.weyga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is it clear from the OS specification that redirects should (or should > > not be) followed? > > > > Not too sure... > > > > > > Would this be something that we would want to add, along with perhaps a > > parameter to turn it on/off? > > > ...but I'd be in favor of this. > > > > > > > > http://codereview.appspot.com/152070 > > > >
